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affliction communities close to country, from inner cities to rural areas to tribal lands. on a daily basis this unspeakable is compounded by individual tragedies that tapes on our street and decimate the lives of our children. every loss is shattering, and inexplicable. each one is an outrage and this is why, as concerned citizens, heartbroken parents and public servants empowered to make a difference on behalf of those we are swore to appropriation it's time for each of to us steel our revolve and renew or commitment to this end of senseless violence. at every level of this administration, and particularly at our nation's department of justice, my colleagues and i are determined to work with organizations like this one to build a bipartisan consensus for taking decisive action to end gun violence. and we will not rest until we've done everything in our power to prevent future tragedies like the one that took place at sandy hook elementary school. of course there will never be a simple, one size fits all solution for addressing any challenge of this magnitude. and confront
affliction communities close to country, from inner cities to rural areas to tribal lands. on a daily basis this unspeakable is compounded by individual tragedies that tapes on our street and decimate the lives of our children. every loss is shattering, and inexplicable. each one is an outrage and this is why, as concerned citizens, heartbroken parents and public servants empowered to make a difference on behalf of those we are swore to appropriation it's time for each of to us steel our...
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every child from the inner city of washington to the streets of los angeles, an equal chance at a greater debt any. -- greater destiny. one of our priorities in the house will be to move heaven and earth to fix our education system for the most vulnerable. when those children graduate from high school we must expand their choices and college has got to be an option. in 1980, the average cost of college was roughly $8,000 a year. today it's over 20,000. and less than 60% of the students who enroll in a four-year program graduate within six years. clearly something is broken. now, according to president obama's former jobs council, by 2020 there will be a million and a half jobs without the college graduates to fill them. while there is persistent unmet demands of four to five hundred thousand job next the healthcare sector alone. recent reports indicate that there are not enough skilled applicants to fill the jobs in the booming natural gas industry. now, suppose college is provided prospective students with reliable information on the employment rate and potential earnings by major. what
every child from the inner city of washington to the streets of los angeles, an equal chance at a greater debt any. -- greater destiny. one of our priorities in the house will be to move heaven and earth to fix our education system for the most vulnerable. when those children graduate from high school we must expand their choices and college has got to be an option. in 1980, the average cost of college was roughly $8,000 a year. today it's over 20,000. and less than 60% of the students who...
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and we will do a counterinsurgency strategy in the south, the cities in the south. but here is the thing. after 18 months -- in other words after the search is over, i'm going to start withdrawing some of the surge troops and can you tell me that within that time, within 18 months you can turn around the situation so much that the afghan army can take the lead in the fight in the majority of the districts. they all said, yes, sir. no question. in fact, petraeus knew that it would take much longer in this. these kinds of things go on for years. and he was asked by someone after words, why did you say yes? and he had two answers. he said, well, it really wasn't that kind of a meeting. he was looking for advice. he was looking for a take-it-or-leave-it. my view is when you're a general inter called upon to give military advice to the president, no matter what, whether you think is a game going on, he's not really asking for advice. is your responsibility to give correct military advice. the second one was a gamble appeared he thought, if i make enough progress he will
and we will do a counterinsurgency strategy in the south, the cities in the south. but here is the thing. after 18 months -- in other words after the search is over, i'm going to start withdrawing some of the surge troops and can you tell me that within that time, within 18 months you can turn around the situation so much that the afghan army can take the lead in the fight in the majority of the districts. they all said, yes, sir. no question. in fact, petraeus knew that it would take much...
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he's a fellow at the national security in new york city. mr. vladeck has co-authored multiple legal textbooks and served as a law clerk of appellate judges in florida and california. he and his' degree in history mathematics of amherst college and his jd from yale where he served as the executive editor of the yale law journal. we are pleased to have them with us today and we thank all of you for joining us to mr. bellinger, we will start with you. each witness has written statements that will be made part of the record in their entirety. i ask each witness summarized his or her testimony of five minutes or less. to help you stay within the time, this time at my dinner table. the light switches programmed to yellow, you have one minute to conclude that when the light turns red signals the witnesses five minutes have expired. mr. bellinger, welcome. >> thanks very much, mr. chairman and members of the committee for coming for this important hearing today. i doubt this year but many legal issues as the subject of states are to administer this adv
he's a fellow at the national security in new york city. mr. vladeck has co-authored multiple legal textbooks and served as a law clerk of appellate judges in florida and california. he and his' degree in history mathematics of amherst college and his jd from yale where he served as the executive editor of the yale law journal. we are pleased to have them with us today and we thank all of you for joining us to mr. bellinger, we will start with you. each witness has written statements that will...
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in every sinner city in the country as well as the wealthy suburbs. it's the way kids today get excited. they get excited by doing. i think if we can sort of focus on those two things, we can get more people and a more dedicated way in to the pipeline and if we can top that off, improving way we teach in universities somewhat along similar distributions. maybe we can get there. but this to me this division between where kids come from and what they're chances are to succeed. it's not america. we have to get -- [inaudible] thank you. i was going to say amen. [laughter] >> thank you. >> thank you. the gentleman from california is recognized. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me ask mr. templeton, did your company benefit from directly from federal research projects? do you have a -- do you actually get direct money from the federal government to do research for your company? and it was one of my comments to be clear inspect is about funding going in to the university systems for basic research. not to our company. so very simple answer. >> okay.
in every sinner city in the country as well as the wealthy suburbs. it's the way kids today get excited. they get excited by doing. i think if we can sort of focus on those two things, we can get more people and a more dedicated way in to the pipeline and if we can top that off, improving way we teach in universities somewhat along similar distributions. maybe we can get there. but this to me this division between where kids come from and what they're chances are to succeed. it's not america....
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city of the northeast. these were european first generations european who had no gun training. they got here and drafted to the army -- [inaudible conversations] people need to know and understand the firearms. that's when the nra was formed. when you get to today, it's interesting because that was urban, rural kind of division. that's the division. a lot of people don't have any familiarity in firearms. if you grew up in downtown anywhere where guns were banned and all of this whether it was gun crime -- is it illogical for you to think that these are bad rather than good? >> for -- [inaudible conversations] >> most of americans it's different. it is cultural. i talk about the cultural war which are id on call. it's also cultural in term of the upbringing and where you come from. i come from wisconsin, and when i was growing up, back in the old days you could take your shotgun -- [inaudible] you could get a card board case for your rifle at the check in counter. we could take our shotguns to school. that d
city of the northeast. these were european first generations european who had no gun training. they got here and drafted to the army -- [inaudible conversations] people need to know and understand the firearms. that's when the nra was formed. when you get to today, it's interesting because that was urban, rural kind of division. that's the division. a lot of people don't have any familiarity in firearms. if you grew up in downtown anywhere where guns were banned and all of this whether it was...
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the sad real city i've listened to many republican senators who are not going vote for chuck hagel come up and talk about how important it is to fill the position. the north koreans detonate nuclear devices this week and raise concerns over the part of the world and beyond. we know what is going on in the middle east in syria and other places. we still have 68,000 plus american soldiers who are literally risking their lives while we meet in the comfort and security of the senate chamber in afghanistan they are risking their lives and we are saying, well, we would like to appoint a secretary of defense. we have to make a political point here today. we have to vote against him today and put off for ten days. we may reconsider again. god for bid something awful occurs. i hope doesn't. there are still good people at the pentagon. i'm sure they'll do a good job. we should have that secretary of defense. one of the most critical appointment in the president's cabinet filled. the notion we have to make a political stand here and stop chuck hagel today to make some political point troubles me.
the sad real city i've listened to many republican senators who are not going vote for chuck hagel come up and talk about how important it is to fill the position. the north koreans detonate nuclear devices this week and raise concerns over the part of the world and beyond. we know what is going on in the middle east in syria and other places. we still have 68,000 plus american soldiers who are literally risking their lives while we meet in the comfort and security of the senate chamber in...